>> hurricane sandy downgraded to a post tropical storm but try telling that to the people on the east coast from new york down to the carolinas. our top story seen around the country tonight, 7:00 new jersey near atlantic city so far five deaths have been confirmed and there are power outages to 2 million people. we are hearing the subway system is flooded already in new york? >> yes we are hearing reports of that and that was very much

expected that's why it was shut down beginning as early as last night around 7:00, that is all of the subway lines the ones that we're hearing are flooded run along the east river is all under zone and a people had to clear out because they are low lying and prone to flooding. the stock exchange is reportedly also underwater is it possible that the salt water could do some unusual damage? >> i'm sorry you were breaking up. >> the salt water in the subway might it do some additional damage that you heard about? >> we had heard reports of that that's something they discussed yesterday as a possibility they cannot assess that until the aftermath of the storm passes and maybe some of

the water recedes. >> and the other news about the crane that was falling in manhattan? >> it is still very much today glenn, it is weighing the good news is it hasn't changed very much the wind gusts were not as strong in the past couple of hours and we have a crew down there monitoring the crane and it has not gotten any worse that is very much good news because if if that becomes loose eight could be very dangerous to a lot of people buildings in the surrounding area were evacuated just as a precaution. atlantic city under water tonight some streets art in possibleare impassible.

some other communities are hoping to avoid this. the crew abandoned in16 crewmembers were aboard the bounty, the tall ship was a replica of the ship known for its and mutiny that took place in 1879. >> the storm roared ashore at 8:00 tonight that is precisely when it is expected to do that, it had a record low barometric pressure reading there hasn't been a storm in over two centuries that has rolled into that part of the coastline with pressure like that. the building winds have now come to light up 12 in. the water builds up as the rain blows down. we have

powerhouse waves expected to develop and there are high wind warnings. as the storm continues westward into circulation rolls into the chicago area this has been amazing is a record-breaking storm the biggest to hit the mid atlantic in years. an astronomical high tide married with the storm surge has led to catastrophic damage across parts of 16 states these are all damage reports it gives you an idea of the area that has had damaged the extend into michigan and look at the storm on the radar. brooklyn had 77 mi. per hour gusts.

>> the outer reaches of sandy are churning up colossal waves on lake michigan. we are at north avenue beach with the impact on chicago. 50-60 mi. per hour winds 20-25 ft. waves believe it or not we are the lucky ones as hurricane sandy bears down on the east coast. as night falls in chicago and the wind picks up so do the waves our city by the lake are feeling the effects of hurricane sandy on the lake. >> stay off the lake folks. >> they're hoping that it will stay open through the events but navy pier is taking precautions.

this isn't news to them, they are well versed on what the plan is, they know. earlier today this bike path drew people to the waters' edge of the magnificent waves were something they had to see for themselves this runner says that to charging into the wind was like running in place. i saw on the news this morning they said it was a little rough. later tonight wind is something to contend with but nothing compared to the chaos sandy is creating along the coast. be smart, be sensible and go get them. >> their router without braves

they rode the waves today despite city warnings to use safety and common sense. >> we don't want to endanger and the first responders that would have to go after for a search and rescue. 500 flights canceled at o'hare today. anyone looking for the latest information should check with their airlines' web sites. stay with us for the latest on this storm. still ahead changes facing the

state's pension problem why officials are suing to bring back parts of the old system. a lead a group of officers and throughout our broadcast we will bring you images on twitter.

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right after its biggest fight in a quarter-century the chicago teachers union is in on the other one the fresh office strike is now joining a lawsuit to stop a rare pension reform one designed to stop it union leaders from getting to pensions for one job. every step of the way union president karen lewis was there fighting for chicago teachers taking on the mayor and rallying thison to the troops for

seven straight days now that it's ended lewis and the ct you are preparing for a new battle firing a legal shot across the barrel and what could be a constitutional war. we want to change it and retroactively take people's pensions is problematic for us. the union got it wrong taking advantage of the gray area. we told you about this last year a series of reports called pension games we caught top union leaders on leave from the city getting to some * 3 pensions for one job our investigation so outraged politicians in springfield that they passed a law to stop it. they go on leave from the city

and then base their pensions on their much higher union salary that pension reform had rare bipartisan support the teachers' union and other union leaders now say the law went too far. jesse sharkey is the no. 2 guy with the chicago teachers union. what's wrong with it is a couple of things, number one he points to this library assistant whose pension could be cut by more than half under the new law when she took a leave of absence from the city to work for the union her salary doubled she then not only got her city

pension but a second retirement deal for reunion work. house minority leader tom cross sponsored the bill to stop what the library assistant and dozens of other union workers had been doing. she is still going to have a pension that she is entitled to as the library at she's just not getting that second pension working for the teachers' union. this begs the question if they build and received bipartisan support makes a very small flight of100 takes a very small slice without a challenge how well the major reform get done? the

chicago teachers union pension fund is one of many statewide in deep trouble it's only 60 percent funded and a new rule requiring more uniform accounting is even worse dropping the value and have there are many reasons for that the union chief karen lewis makes for a good example. before leaving the union lewis signed teachers earning a salary of $80,000 a year and she has only had to pay 2 per cent of that, it's a benefit that wasn't even questioned during the strike that has to change says some republican lawmakers. >> we are not going to do anything that will make people happy. it's going to be very painful. and because we waited so long to fix it to the problem gets even tougher. where do the

teachers chop? >> teachers like things to be done with us not to us. there are some who do not want to change that system. what we really need is our representatives in springfield to step up. what we don't feel like doing is getting invited to a dinner party to talk about these things to find out that we are the only ones on the menu. we have no further response from careless or the library assistant and a lawsuit late tonight we got a statement from the illinois teachers' retirement system they hope that lawmakers properly fund pensions and that any reform must adhere to the 1970 constitution mayor emanuel says he will not ask taxpayers to pay more into a

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former police officer, when we were in court for her testimony today. >> shield left court tonight with nothing to say to reporters but the 30 year-old carolina had pledged to jurors this afternoon in the courtroom of judge amy st. yves about the night of february 19, 1920 07 interbreeding at the hands of drunk off-duty chicago cop anthony of butabate, became a universal black eye for chicago she described to jurors how began with belligerent behavior by the cops towards other patrons her attempts to calm him while refusing to serve him more booze how he turned his wrath on her grabbing her by the next throwing her to the floor the rest we see on tape from

surveillance cameras installed just two days earlier well this was going on: the tape and recorded conversations with police after the beating reviewed in court today jurors hearing new allegations of her friend working to keep things quiet bolstered by earlier expert testimony. signifying that a code of silence is alive and well within the chicago police department. she told me that toni told her that she needed to bring the case or there would be drugs planted on the workers and the u weis given to the customers and later as days passed she says that her anxiety grew. he was convicted

of aggravated battery and sentenced to probation and fired, her physical pain is gone but her emotional problems continue, she is back on the stand in the courthouse in the morning. >> still had one of the most contentious congressional races in illinois we will look at the 10th district race and what is left on tropical storm sandy we are back with more. and photographs from the storm.

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80 mi. per hour gusts. for this is not technically a hurricane is a hybrid storm with cold air rapping in. it may have been the worst storms since 18 04. these clouds are lake of fact the clouds on top produce song dogs today. here is the view from the

mountains out to the west this is shenandoah mountains national park. some of these waves up to 40 ft. high. in our area the winds are gusting over 40 mi. per hour as the storm moves in.

the perfect storm had 8972 millibar low pressure so that is amazing he could see the heaviest rains have moved inland there is still rain coming in. that is the storm surge and it is up and down the coast from the del mar peninsula into the jersey shore all the way up to massachusetts. look at some of the rains these soaking rains drenched the ground. the whole root system comes up there you can see west cape new jersey, 780. here is why this storm did a crazy to move inland this is the greenland block that we talked about. this is a dome of

warm air and the flow turns easterly so the hurricane got caught up in that. very unusual flow i haven't seen one like that since the 1962 storm in march. the strongest new jersey new york city wins says the weather service since the 18 04 snow hurricane in that area that was 200 plus years ago. 25 states are still under advisory tonight, look at the wind gust by morning that will stay strong but also pushed westward in our direction which is why the lakeshores are under a warning.

for not unusual to see lake levels rise 1-3 ft. in this region. there's also a high wind warning, gusts will build to 45 mi. per hour. showers developed westward into indiana and may be approached chicago. high- temperature 47. 48 is the forecast on wednesday. the stories that will unfold in the days ahead are going to be amazing. 10 deaths have been

confirmed so far in new york city and 2.2 million people are without power right now manhattan is dark and york stock exchange was reportedly flooded early tonight but they backed off on that saying there is flooding in the financial district areas but perhaps not on the floor. the son of one of our writers and here at wgn is in lower manhattan, good evening. can you tell us exactly what you have seen so far? >> i took a walk down on the river on the west side of manhattan the hudson river has been flooded over. as to have farther south, water keeps rising so you would see it rise all the way up to ninth avenue on 22nd street. >> you sound, but i can imagine

it has to be frightening for you and a lot of folks who are there who are from chicago. >> while i was down on 22nd street the water was raised up to ninth avenue and instantaneously the entire neighborhood was in they black out use of all of the lights shut out, all of the traffic lights and street lights shut out at the same time. police cars were posted there just in case anything went wrong. you have to give this a bearing as to where you are located and where everybody has been told to get away and evacuate, wire you still in the new york city area? >> as of right now we are told to stay in the dorms. i am currently a few blocks away from the crane and the construction

site. we have been told as of right now that the university dorms are the safest place to be, students are stuck here because the rail systems have been shut off. so they are allowing people to stay here overnight until everything gets cleared up. >> please stay safe i know your mom is worried. >> he is going to school there the son of one of our writers. 4g lte is the fastest. so, which superfast 4g lte service would you choose based on this chart ? don't rush into it, i'm not looking for the fastest answer. obviously verizon.

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>> in the past almost 40 years fewer than 200 chicago police officers have been on bounty the ones on the top of a horse. we are here with a close-up look at chicagos mounted horse units. >> it is a very elite units the police department's mounted unit has 31 horses and 24 riders, two of the long time officers are reluctantly retiring in just a few weeks having stayed years

beyond when they could have retired this can be a very tough job with risk of injuries, and it's not unusual for half or fewer of the officers to even make it into the elite units. i have broken my ribs, i've broken my arms, i fell on a concrete and i fell on dirt and let me tell you the dirt is a lot more comfortable to fall on the concrete. officer on a horse is worth 10 on foot. loud and busy michigan avenue with sirens traffic and thousands of people the last place where the horses want to be, it's free and there's no tax on it yet. the

have expert training and trust in their human partners. when you see a horse walking in between lanes of traffic the horses there because of the writer. every day as a training day for the writer and the horse. this is what the horses really like to do, run fast and rump kicking up their heels rolling in the dirt. some rice, some work on farms before becoming part of the chicago police force. >> we are all dressed in uniform, we all look the same so we want the horses to look uniform. >> each horse has a distinct personality, this one kicks his stall until he is brought his haigh. traynor and officer

joseph 11 years ago he named mounted police sources for chicago police officers killed in the line of duty, his good friend nights was one of the first officers still honored. it's a living memorial, i guess and it's our humble special way to pay our respects. a lot of these names on these doors was a policeman working when this happened and it does affect you emotionally. you may not have known them personally but they were one of us. behind every name a heartbreaking story officer marquez was shot to death 10 years ago serving a warrant. the marquez family heard that one of the new horses in training was named marquez but they had never met him. he

shot my son three times. i miss my brother every day so this is a dream and an answer to a prayer you concede this course dedicated to the city services and protecting just like my brother did. look he has a tear in his eye. your a beautiful horse marquez. as he works towards his first day on the job officers george goodyear is prepared to release the raves for the very last time. he is a good guy. >> remember the next time you

see a horse behind every name there is a story of sacrifice. >> both of the officers which profiled stayed on the force for years beyond the time when they could have retired the chicago police department's retires the horses while they are still healthy and they do not ever work again after they adopt them out to end day visit to make sure they're living a very happy retirement. >> this is a story i have been trying to do for 10 years so i'm very happy finally that we got this on the air. it is a living tribute to the officers and it

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one of the countries most closely watched congressional races the north shore 10th district there are negative ads and contentious debates we met with both candidates today this is a very close race in the final week nearly $1 million will be spent by the candidates on television ads the majority of the money being shelled out by freshman congressman bob dole both polls are saying it is a man's race. newspapers call brad schneider's attacks laughable in the season of attack ads the race is near the

top. but for all of the attacks these rivals have at least one common message. jobs in the economy, jobs in the economy. republican incumbent congressman bob dole and democratic challenger brad schneider. he is in line with the tea party dole is a self-proclaimed moderate and says it is simply not true basically said it is laughable and is blatantly trying to mislead my record and mislead voters about my record he points to dole's congressional record.

these are real issues that affect people every day. they appreciate what i am doing reaching across the aisle and being ranked as one of the most independent bipartisan voters of the united states congress a fiscal conservative, a social moderate and strong on national security. he says his mission is still more in line with the newly drawn 10th district. i knew it was going to be a high- profile race i knew it was going to be a race where it was going to be very close and during the debate last week bob dole said that he would break with fellow republicans in the vote for increased revenue as part of a plan with spending cuts to reduce the deficit. late word

that the tunnels which feed into new york are now filling with water the subway system is full of salt water into not the tunnels are here is the right to view the rains have resumed on the east coast. we have a wind gust reported at michigan city of 55 mi. per hour waves are up to 12 ft. now at the buoys and if this storm comes west so will our wins on the area will come close the showers get later tomorrow. it will feed into michigan and parts of indiana as well still windy but coming down a little bit as you can see open like wins will vary from 20-

gusting to 55 +. waves will build 9-12 ft. up against the shore. that is amazing look at the wind gusts that occurred today on long island. 94 mi. per hour gusts. the colder air will keep feeding into this area. coming up in less than 48 hours from the start of the bulls'

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has been good most of the time they did give up some yards yesterday especially the carolina receiver steve smith. game 6 was turned around in the fourth quarter and he said he kicked jennings behind like he usually does. he is a great competitor. he really didn't do a lot of talking i was surprised that he didn't do a lot of talking during the game, more or less after the game. thethe

game begins at 630 here on w g n and tom to michelle will have his full arsenal available. he missed the last two preseason games with a sore groin. he was terrific when he was out there about as solid a replacement for rose as you can find. i hard practice today and kirk was feeling pretty good afterwards. it is a new beginning and you always began with the end. that is it, goo